Finding Me (W1)

I met my first interviewee on Sunday night.

Woman 1 (W1) opened up by telling me that after several years of feeling "lost in a forest" she feels she has found her way to a path.

W1 has been reflecting on activities she enjoyed in her early 20's and trying to incorporate those things into her current routine. (Love that idea!) She has been baking and wants to take painting classes this year. She prefers listening to the radio over watching TV. She did say that a Criminal Minds marathon is one of the only reasons she might spend a day hanging out on the couch. When asked what is working in her life right now she said running.

Over the last few years she completed law school and started her own business. Her growing business is the part of her life where she feels things are working best.

A New Day (Me)

I have prepared the list of questions for my first interview.


I firmly believe that you should not ask questions of others that you are not prepared to answer for yourself. So, I figured I should go first. While it is probably impossible to interview yourself I gave it my best shot. I scrapped any question that I could not comfortably answer immediately.

The fist hurdle is surrendering beliefs that discourage connection.(Anything that sounds like, "I am not fill in the blank")

In order to focus on who I am today I am leaving the future to its own devices. I am ditching beliefs that keep me from getting where I want to go. I hope by doing so that I might just find something relevant/something real in every single conversation.

What It Is

I received so much supportive feedback on yesterdays post!


It seems people are willing to grin and bear my lackluster writing skills as long as I attempt to offer up something of interest. I promise I will try to limit the run on sentences. Mostly through excessive use of commas but please just try to follow along.

My aim is social rather then scientific so I am reluctant to put too many parameters in place. I want to let the conversation go where it goes. The one thing I know is that I aim to avoid anything that looks or feels like material for an online dating profile.

Here is what I know will happen: